This project sought to investigate how young people in South Africa perceive and frame sexuality and sexual health. The project is a collaboration between young adults in Johannesburg, anthropologists based at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a biomedical researcher and artist who run the Eh!woza public engagement project from the University of Cape Town. The pilot study combined the strengths of anthropological research with the strategies of a youth-focused public engagement project in order to better understand how people mediate between public discourse, perceived information from institutions, and lived experiences of sexuality. The project consisted of a two-day symposium and a performanceevening held at the Kalashnikovv Gallery in Johannesburg as well as workshops (add link) with the young adults. Read more here.
Arts practices with patients in palliative care
Are you connected with the arts in palliative care? Are you an artist, project lead, program coordinator, or health professional who interacts with patients using the arts in palliative care? We invite you to participate in this survey. Read more here. Deadline 20 Dec 2019.
From the website: "From over-the-counter cough syrups and prescribed painkillers to street economies of heroin and fentanyl, opioid substances and uses have ignited global debates about national drug policy reform. This book is the first to focus on these issues in South Africa, through a range of disciplinary perspectives." Read more here.
Opportunities & Events
Apply to be an assistant professor at Montclair State University, NJ. Read more here. Deadline 02 Dec 2019.
Apply to be a Content Editor of the Medical Humanities Blog. Read more here. Deadline 02 Dec 2019.
Apply for a research fellowship in history of medicine & medical humanities. Read more here. Deadline 16 Dec 2019.
Consider Hons, MA, PhD and post-doc opportunities in Sociology of Reproduction (University of Cape Town). Read more here. Deadline 05 Dec 2019.
Poet's Corner
Poet Stephon Clemons (USA) shares "Let’s Live" with MHHA. From the author: "I grew up under the guidance of my Mother, step-Father, and Aunts. I fell prey to drug-use, then drug-abuse, at the age of 18. I finally got the strength and courage from the most high, to fight my addiction." Read poem here.
Call for Content
Submit to the Hektoen International Journal. Due 15 Jan 2020. Read more here.
Apply to the First Healthcare Communications in the Middle East Conference. Read more here. Deadline 15 Dec 2019.
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